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Regal’s Phil King has fronted investors after a horror month in markets.

Regal’s King says his hedge funds will recover from March madness

The high-profile stock picker says there are plenty of opportunities as he reassures rattled investors that a horror month can be turned around in the long term.

The ASX is ready for Easter.

ASX edges lower, CBA at two-month high; gold nears $US3300

Shares flip to red in late trading; CBA up 1pc; Star’s ASX return; Nvidia off 6pc in after hours trading; China GDP rises ahead of tariff hikes. Follow live.

How these three growth funds are playing the tech slump

Some of Australia’s best performing funds, which rode the dazzling rally in Wall Street’s tech giants, have been confronted with a violent sell-off. Here’s what they did next.

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Trump crisis only starting; MinRes turmoil; White’s new WiseTech job

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Yesterday

L1 Capital’s Raphael Lamn and Mark Landau short position on National Australia Bank led its fund to beat the market last month.

L1 Capital shorts the banks to defy a gloomy month for hedge funds

Even an astute call to short James Hardie, which saw its shares slump on a poorly received merger deal, was not enough to turn Ten Cap’s returns positive.

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Volatility returned as Wall Street’s sell-off renewed.

ASX lifts on tariff relief hopes; CSL up 2pc; Perpetual downgraded

Shares lift as CSL, banks rise; Trump mulls tariff relief for autos; UBS’ healthcare picks; Star unveils earnings; Bellevue Gold slumps 21pc. Follow live.

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Drug tariffs coming; Taco Bell on block; No market bottom yet

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Bulls are hoping the market may have already bottomed. But valuations remain high, and the danger hasn’t passed.

‘Flying without a safety net’: Don’t bet on a market bottom just yet

Goldman Sachs’ equities trading revenue soared last quarter and there are no signs of slowing in April. But we’re still firmly in the danger zone, here’s why.

Tech stocks have become attractive.

Fundies say the ASX is too expensive (but they’re buying some stocks)

Investors are snapping up technology shares such as WiseTech and others in energy and healthcare, but remain cautious on expensive banks such as CBA.

This Month

Australian shares are set to edge higher.

Miners, CBA buoy ASX amid tariff relief hopes; Neuren soars

Shares, US futures lift; Macquarie downgraded; Aussie banks not exempt from tariffs, Citi says; Neuren rallies 21pc; Droneshield’s $32m contract; gold soars.

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ASX rebounds; Labor’s climate wedge; Viktor Shvets’ tariff fears

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Viktor Shvets fears risks building in shadowy parts of the market.

Viktor Shvets fears ‘Lehman Bros moment’ amid fresh tariff chaos

Has Donald Trump backed down on tech levies or not? As markets deal with confusion, this Macquarie expert is worried about something breaking in the shadows.

Blackwattle’s Ray David has used the recent sell-off to buy up more ASX stocks.

This short seller is scooping up ASX stocks amid the mayhem

Blackwattle hedge fund manager Ray David has been snapping up cheap companies after US President Donald Trump unleashed a wave of new tariffs last week.

Trump’s walking back of tariffs has give hope for markets that there may be more to come.

Investors hope for ASX bounce as Trump walks back tariffs

Futures point to a modest rise on the S&P/ASX 200 on Monday, and fund managers are optimistic the White House’s damaging trade plans could be unwound.

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Some think there is method to the madness – others reckon their colleagues are sane-washing.

Nightmare on Wall Street leaves traders questioning hopes and fears

Some investors see method in the madness, others only madness. Here are the long-term and short-term risks, and opportunities, in Donald Trump’s new world.

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While a wash of green on market screens may tempt investors to jump in, analysts are warning against irrational exuberance.

Time to go back to the basics and buy stocks like these

We, like almost every other investor on the planet, underestimated Trump’s resolve to reshape global trade and just how far he appears willing to go to do this.

“‘Rollercoaster’ is not a technical term, but it is probably the best adjective to describe price action across equity markets this week,” LPL Financial strategist Adam Turnquist said in a note.

Wall St recovers from early swoon as bond rout eases

The S&P 500 rallied 1.8 per cent to record its best week since November 2023, though volatility persisted with US-China trade relations in focus.

The ASX has taken centre stage this week, but the volatility has been nothing compared to Wall Street

Investors find refuge on ASX as Wall Street giants lose their lustre

The slump in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has been far more pronounced than the local market this week, just as traders dump the US government bond and greenback.

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde suggests Europe needs its own payments system.

Trump’s trade ructions will end up disrupting banking and payments

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has lamented an almost exclusively American financial infrastructure. Others feel the same way.

Volatility returned as Wall Street’s sell-off renewed.

ASX trims early loss as US futures rally; Evolution Mining soars

Shares down 0.8pc, US futures rise; Jarden upgrades MinRes; upside tipped for US stocks; gold miners rally as prices retake $US3200; oil rebounds. Follow live.

In his relentless Make America Great Again drive, Donald Trump has little care for the economic pain inflicted on others and even relishes it when the targets are American allies.

Trump isn’t kowtowing to the market – he’s doubling down

Investors need to be bold during these dark days. You want to be buying when the crowd is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Fund managers say there are plenty of opportunities despite the market turmoil this week.

Eight ideas on how to play a roller-coaster sharemarket

Uncertainty abounds – will global tariffs make a return? How far will a China trade war go? But some of our biggest investors are seeing big opportunities.

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ASX sinks; Obesity is costing a fortune; Trump has no cunning plan

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listen. (Pool via AP)

A ‘classic emerging market crisis’ as investors flee US assets

The usual flight to safety toward long-term US government bonds occurred at first but has since very much reversed. The reversal shows no signs of slowing.

The sharemarket is set to surge at the open.

ASX adds $100b in best day since 2020; CBA up 3pc

Shares up 4.5pc after S&P500 jumps by most since 2008; US futures dip; miners, banks soar; Deutsche tips 25bps May rate cut; oil reverses course, $A tops US61¢.

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